2017 15 amp power in cab?

[rrmccabe]

Looking for the best place to get 15 amps of power inside the cab of my 2017 High Country. I am adding a 2 meter amateur radio transceiver which will likely go under the seat (if it fits).  Ideally retained power would be nice but I think the new radio has a sleep feature so it will shut off in 30 minutes of no activity.

 

 I am not opposed to running the the battery if there is a decent way to get the wires through the firewall.  I saw something about up fitter connectors but most everything I read was for older trucks. It looked like the wire for 15 amp circuit was only 16 ga., which seems pretty wimpy.

 

So looking for suggestions.

 

Also, the antenna is going back to the cargo lamp with a billet aluminum adapter between the cab and the light so any tips on pulling the pillar moldings and getting the coax from cargo lamp to the rear corners and down would be appreciated.

[lonestardiver]

You can run the coax through the cab vents....works well if you are using the diamond window mount and 1/2 wave antenna.
For power I’d run separate power lead.

Keeping clean power to transceiver and helping to keep RF out of the truck electronics as well as keeping noise out.

Just options...

73,
KD5SFA

[rrmccabe]

5 minutes ago, lonestardiver said:

You can run the coax through the cab vents....works well if you are using the diamond window mount and 1/2 wave antenna.
For power I’d run separate power lead.

Keeping clean power to transceiver and helping to keep RF out of the truck electronics as well as keeping noise out.

Just options...

73,
KD5SFA

Well the coax is already into the vehicle with the mount I am using. So just hope its easy to snake across the headliner without dropping it.

 

73,

kd0zv

[lonestardiver]

Gotcha...good deal then.

I can't help you with the headliner though.

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